Published 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Surgical treatment of colorectal cancer metastases in the liver

  • 1. Klinika chirurgickej onkologie SZU a NOU, Bratislava (Slovakia)

Description

Settlement of colorectal cancer metastases in the liver is a typical example of the dynamic development of new techniques in oncology. Surgery, it is also currently irreplaceable in the treatment of liver metastases of colorectal cancer, where surgical treatment now steadily growing new therapeutic methods and thus give a chance for patients in whom resection is not possible. Advances in chemotherapy significantly affect the results of surgical treatment and treat this disease can be considered an example of an interdisciplinary approach to solving cancer. Increasingly sophisticated equipment along with ample experience in hepatobiliary surgery have significantly reduced the number of postoperative complications, leading to continuous improvement of survival results in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer in the liver. (author)

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Additional titles

Original title (Slovak)
Chirurgicka liecba pecenovych metastaz kolorektalneho karcinomu

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Onkologia (Bratislava)
Journal Volume
4
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 339-342
ISSN
1336-8176

INIS

Country of Publication
Slovakia
Country of Input or Organization
Slovakia
INIS RN
47122049
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Descriptors DEI
CARCINOMAS; CHEMOTHERAPY; LIVER CELLS; NEOPLASMS
Descriptors DEC
ANIMAL CELLS; DISEASES; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; SOMATIC CELLS; THERAPY

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